

    \filetitle{dd}{Matlab serial date numbers that can be used to construct daily tseries objects}{dates/dd}

	\paragraph{Syntax}

\begin{verbatim}
Dat = dd(Year,Month,Day)
Dat = dd(Year,Month,'end')
Dat = dd(Year,Month)
Dat = dd(Year)
\end{verbatim}

\paragraph{Output arguments}

\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
  \texttt{Dat} {[} numeric {]} - IRIS serial date numbers.
\end{itemize}

\paragraph{Input arguments}

\begin{itemize}
\item
  \texttt{Year} {[} numeric {]} - Year.
\item
  \texttt{Month} {[} numeric \textbar{} char \textbar{} cellstr {]} -
  Calendar month in year; if missing, \texttt{Month} is \texttt{1} by
  default; \texttt{Month} can be also specified as a three-letter
  English abbreviation:
  \texttt{\textquotesingle{}Jan\textquotesingle{}},
  \texttt{\textquotesingle{}Feb\textquotesingle{}}, \ldots{}
  \texttt{\textquotesingle{}Dec\textquotesingle{}}.
\item
  \texttt{Day} {[} numeric {]} - Calendar day in month; if missing,
  \texttt{Day} is \texttt{1} by default;
  \texttt{\textquotesingle{}end\textquotesingle{}} means the end day of
  the respective month.
\end{itemize}

\paragraph{Description}

\paragraph{Example}

\begin{verbatim}
>> d = dd(2010,12,3)
d =
      734475
>> dat2str(d)
ans =
    '2010-Dec-03'
\end{verbatim}


